City: first COVID-19 recovery in Potter County

David Gay @DavidGayAGN

Tuesday

Apr 7, 2020 at 4:19 PM

In its Tuesday public health department COVID-19 report card, the city of Amarillo reported the first recovery of the coronavirus in Potter County. Two people in Randall County have also recovered from the virus.

The department is reporting a total of 110 COVID-19 cases in the area, with 47 coming from Potter County, 40 coming from Randall County and 23 coming from outside the district. A total of 1,351 conducted COVID-19 tests have been reported to the department, and 241 of those are still pending.

Fifty-six of the local cases are due to local transmission, according to the Tuesday report card, and 12 are due to recent travel. The remaining 19 local cases are still under active investigation.

According to the report card, 73 of those local people with the virus are isolated at home and 14 are at a medical facility.

For more information on the area’s COVID-19 pandemic response, visit www.amarilloalerts.com.

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